Unemployment Problems of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan) in Marathwada Region of India

Avinash C. Dhotre^1, , Dilip Khairnar² and Kishor N. Chinchodkar³

¹Department of Commerce and Management, Deogiri College, Aurangabad, Maharashtra State, India

²Department of Sociology, Deogiri College, Aurangabad, MaharashtraState, India

³Department of Community Medicine, Zydus Medical College and Hospital, Dahod, Gujarat

Cite this paper:
Avinash C. Dhotre, Dilip Khairnar and Kishor N. Chinchodkar. Unemployment Problems of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan) in Marathwada Region of India. American Journal of Rural Development. 2023; 11(1):9-14. doi: 10.12691/ajrd-11-1-2

Abstract

Employability is needed for bread and butter for everyone. There are limited numbers of jobs opportunities available for Persons with Disabilities in Marathwada region. The unemployment problems are affecting the life style of disabled people in this region. In this study, we mainly focused on the parameters such as socio-economic status, education and skills, physical limitation and available facilities, lack of confidence and self-motivation and it was considered for analysis and to develop model to overcome the problems. After analysis, we found that, disabled people have no basic facilities and educational access, less employability skills and poor family background. Lack of Financial support from government, inadequate number health centers, lack of vocational training at local level, unawareness of welfare schemes are the main reasons behind the overburdened socially and economically disabled people. Our study concludes that, a proposed model is complete solution for preventing the unemployment problems of persons with disabilities in Marathwada region, Maharashtra state.

Keywords:
Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) Unemployment problems Jobs literacy Education Employability Skills Training

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